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AI-generated401 Unauthorized loop caused by cached expired basic-auth credentials in Dart HttpClient
Determine whether Dart's HttpClient should automatically discard cached basic-auth credentials after a server returns HTTP 401 Unauthorized due to expired or invalid credentials, thereby breaking the repeat-authentication loop. The SDK notes that credential handling is the caller's responsibility and that the client does not clear cached credentials on a 401